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Back to Pencil

As a left-handed person with a tendency to smudge pencil, it wasn't difficult for me to make the switch to pen. However, pencil has an unmistakable look and feel that make it difficult to stay away. Admittedly, it was nice to be able to use an eraser to clean up some of the re-stated lines. If my drawing time hadn't ended so abruptly, I probably would have erased the shadow along the chin line (it looks a little too much like a beard).

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